This week, we not only bring Offbeat Holiday Films Month to a close, but we also say goodbye to 2024. We’re going out with a touching little film from 2019 called Feast of the Seven...
Offbeat Holiday Films Month continues this week with Carry-On, the newly released airport thriller starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman. This Netflix thrill ride is definitely one to watch this holiday season.
In this week’s episode, we take a break from holiday films and dive back into our Rewatch and Reconsider series with a quiet and lovely little story from 2009: City Island.
This week, Offbeat Holiday Film Month continues with 2020’s Happiest Season from writer/director Clea Duvall. This modern meet-the-family rom-com is full of the usual Christmas film tropes, but puts a unique spin on them through smart writing and great performances.
It’s December, which means a lot of holiday programming. This month, we’re discussing Offbeat Holiday Films that are just a little left of the usual classic fare, starting with Shane Black’s Christmas-adjacent noir comedy Kiss Kiss Bang Bang from 2005.
We close out November Noir month this week with another modern-day take on the genre. Rian Johnson’s Brick from 2005 is an inventive homage to classic noir that combines its unique language with an updated setting: a 21st-century high school.
This week, we delve into the world of neo-noir with 1981’s Blow Out. This thriller from filmmaker Brian De Palma has a lot of the hallmarks of classic noir but with a lot of modern-day flair. It’s edgy, paranoid, and masterfully made.
Niagara (1953)
- November 18, 2024
- Tagged as: Film Noir, Joseph Cotten, Marilyn Monroe, neo noir, Niagara, November noir
In this week’s episode, we delve into the world of Technicolor noir with 1953’s Niagara. This story of love and betrayal includes a lot of the classic tropes of the noir genre and includes a fantastic early performance from the great Marilyn Monroe.
This week, we kick off November Noir month with one of the genre’s quintessential titles: 1946’s The Postman Always Rings Twice. This tale of desire, betrayal, and fate is one of several films adapted from the writing of James M. Cain that set a standard for everything that came after it.
This week, we wrap up Stephen King Adaptations Month with 1986’s Maximum Overdrive. This is the only film that Stephen King has directed to date, and it’s quite a ride.